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Episode of care—mental health legal status, code N

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termMental health legal status
METEOR identifier:Help on this term270351
Registration status:Help on this term

Health, Superseded 07/12/2011

Definition:Help on this termWhether a person is treated on an involuntary basis under the relevant state or territory mental health legislation, at any time during an episode of admitted patient care, an episode of residential care or treatment of a patient/client by a community based service during a reporting period, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:Help on this termEpisode of care—mental health legal status
Value Domain:Help on this termMental health legal status code N

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN
Maximum character length:Help on this term1
  ValueMeaning
Permissible values:Help on this term1Involuntary patient
  2Voluntary patient
Supplementary values:Help on this term3
 
Not permitted to be reported under legislative arrangements in the jurisdiction
 

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

CODE 1     Involuntary patient

Involuntary patient should only be used by facilities which are approved for this purpose. While each state and territory mental health legislation differs in the number of categories of involuntary patient that are recognised, and the specific titles and legal conditions applying to each type, the legal status categories which provide for compulsory detention or compulsory treatment of the patient can be readily differentiated within each jurisdiction. These include special categories for forensic patients who are charged with or convicted of some form of criminal activity. Each state/territory health authority should identify which sections of their mental health legislation provide for detention or compulsory treatment of the patient and code these as involuntary status.

CODE 2     Voluntary patient

Voluntary patient to be used for reporting to the NMDS-Community mental health care, where applicable.

CODE 3     Not permitted to be reported under legislative arrangements in the jurisdiction

Not permitted to be reported under legislative arrangements in the jurisdiction, is to be used for reporting to the National Minimum Data Set - Community mental health care, where applicable.

Data element attributes Help on this term

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

The mental health legal status of admitted patients treated within approved hospitals may change many times throughout the episode of care.

Patients may be admitted to hospital on an involuntary basis and subsequently be changed to voluntary status; some patients are admitted as voluntary but are transferred to involuntary status during the hospital stay. Multiple changes between voluntary and involuntary status during an episode of care in hospital or treatment in the community may occur depending on the patient's clinical condition and his/her capacity to consent to treatment.

Similarly, the mental health legal status of residents treated within residential care services may change on multiple occasions throughout the episode of residential care or residential stay.

Collection methods:Help on this term

Admitted patients to be reported as involuntary if the patient is involuntary at any time during the episode of care.

Residents in residential mental health services to be reported as involuntary if the resident is involuntary at any time during the episode of residential care.

Patients of ambulatory mental health care services to be reported as involuntary if the patient is involuntary at the time of a service contact.

Source and reference attributes

Origin:Help on this termNational Health Data Committee

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Episode of care—mental health legal status, code N

        Health, Superseded 07/03/2014

Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v 6) ANNA

        Health, Standard 30/06/2013

Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v 6.0x) ANNA

        Tasmanian Health, Superseded 06/09/2016

Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v 7) ANNA

        Health, Recorded 23/09/2014

Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v 7.0) ANNA

        Tasmanian Health, Superseded 06/09/2016

Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v 7.0) ANNA

        Tasmanian Health, Standard 06/09/2016

Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v 8.0) ANNA

        Tasmanian Health, Superseded 11/01/2018

Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v5.1) ANNA

        Health, Superseded 22/12/2009

Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—major diagnostic category, code (AR-DRG v 6) NN

        Health, Standard 30/06/2013

        Tasmanian Health, Superseded 07/09/2016

Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—major diagnostic category, code (AR-DRG v 7) NN

        Health, Recorded 23/09/2014

Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—major diagnostic category, code (AR-DRG v 8.0) NN

        Tasmanian Health, Superseded 12/01/2018

Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—major diagnostic category, code (AR-DRG v5.1) NN

        Health, Superseded 22/12/2009

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +
Admitted patient care NMDS

        Health, Superseded 07/12/2005

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2005
Implementation end date: 30/06/2006

Admitted patient care NMDS 2006-07

        Health, Superseded 23/10/2006

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2006
Implementation end date: 30/06/2007

Admitted patient care NMDS 2007-08

        Health, Superseded 05/02/2008

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2007
Implementation end date: 30/06/2008

Admitted patient care NMDS 2008-09

        Health, Superseded 04/02/2009

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2008
Implementation end date: 30/06/2009

Admitted patient care NMDS 2009-10

        Health, Superseded 22/12/2009

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2009
Implementation end date: 30/06/2010

Admitted patient care NMDS 2010-11

        Health, Superseded 18/01/2011

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2010
Implementation end date: 30/06/2011

Admitted patient care NMDS 2011-12

        Health, Superseded 11/04/2012

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2011
Implementation end date: 30/06/2012

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS

        Health, Superseded 23/10/2006

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2006
Implementation end date: 30/06/2007

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS

        Health, Superseded 07/12/2005

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2005
Implementation end date: 30/06/2006

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2007-08

        Health, Superseded 05/02/2008

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2007
Implementation end date: 30/06/2008

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2008-09

        Health, Superseded 04/02/2009

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2008
Implementation end date: 30/06/2009

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2009-10

        Health, Superseded 05/01/2010

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2009
Implementation end date: 30/06/2010

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2010-11

        Health, Superseded 18/01/2011

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2010
Implementation end date: 30/06/2011

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2011-12

        Health, Superseded 07/12/2011

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2011
Implementation end date: 30/06/2012

Community mental health care NMDS 2004-05

        Health, Superseded 08/12/2004

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2004
Implementation end date: 30/06/2005

Community mental health care NMDS 2005-06

        Health, Superseded 07/12/2005

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2005
Implementation end date: 30/06/2006

Community mental health care NMDS 2006-07

        Health, Superseded 23/10/2006

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2006
Implementation end date: 30/06/2007

Community mental health care NMDS 2007-08

        Health, Superseded 05/02/2008

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2007
Implementation end date: 30/06/2008

Community mental health care NMDS 2008-09

        Health, Superseded 04/02/2009

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2008
Implementation end date: 30/06/2009

Community mental health care NMDS 2009-10

        Health, Superseded 05/01/2010

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2009
Implementation end date: 30/06/2010

Community mental health care NMDS 2010-11

        Health, Superseded 01/12/2010

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2010
Implementation end date: 30/06/2011

Community mental health care NMDS 2011-12

        Health, Superseded 07/03/2012

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2011
Implementation end date: 30/06/2012

Residential mental health care NMDS 2005-06

        Health, Superseded 07/12/2005

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2005
Implementation end date: 30/06/2006

Residential mental health care NMDS 2006-07

        Health, Superseded 23/10/2006

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2006
Implementation end date: 30/06/2007

Residential mental health care NMDS 2007-08

        Health, Superseded 05/02/2008

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2007
Implementation end date: 30/06/2008

Residential mental health care NMDS 2008-09

        Health, Superseded 04/02/2009

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2008
Implementation end date: 30/06/2009

Residential mental health care NMDS 2009-10

        Health, Superseded 05/01/2010

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2009
Implementation end date: 30/06/2010

Residential mental health care NMDS 2010-11

        Health, Superseded 21/12/2010

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2010
Implementation end date: 30/06/2011

Residential mental health care NMDS 2011-12

        Health, Superseded 07/03/2012

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2011
Implementation end date: 30/06/2012

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